Can someone please explain the plot of the Star Wars trilogies?

I have no idea what those movies are about. I've seen all of them about three times, and the plot just baffles me. If someone could tell me in a short paragraph what the movies as a whole are about, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!Can someone please explain the plot of the Star Wars trilogies?
The Original Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI):


The Original Trilogy picks up for the first time a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...In this trilogy the entire galaxy is in a state of Civil War, the galactic government in power at the time was the Galactic Empire or more simply just ';The Empire';. The Rebel Alliance was the group formed by those who wanted to put an end to the tyranny of the Empire and establish a peaceful democracy just as had ruled the galaxy before the empire. So this galactic Civil War was shown throughout the Original Trilogy with the main villains Darth Vader and his Sith Master the Emperor, trying to wipe out the ';good guys'; Rebel Alliance with its hero's of Luke, Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca.... and so on. Luke was studying to become the last of the Jedi, after Vader and the Emperor wiped out all of the Jedi when the Empire came to power. And so the Civil War ended with the Destruction of the Second Death Star in Episode VI when both the Emperor and Vader died leaving the Empire in disarray and allowing the Rebels to win.





The Prequel Trilogy (Episodes I-III):


The Prequel Trilogy goes back to about 33 or so years before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope. It shows the last hint of peace that the galaxy had had, while still being ruled by the peaceful galactic democratic style government known simply as the Galactic Republic. It was later called ';The Old Republic';. These movies show exactly how the galaxy went from having 1,000 years of peace, which the Jedi were largely responsible for, to collapsing at the hands of a Sith Lord (Darth Sidious, aka Chancellor Palpatine, aka Emperor Palpatine) and his new apprentice the fallen jedi Anakin Skywalker who became Darth Vader.Can someone please explain the plot of the Star Wars trilogies?
Episodes 1,2, and 3 explain how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. They also show the beginnings of the Galactic Empire. Episode 3 ends with the birth of Luke and Leia, who will become part of the Rebel Alliance in the next trilogy.





Episodes 4,5,and 6 show Luke becoming a Jedi Knight and confronting Darth Vader, who is his father. They also show the defeat of the Empire and Vader's redemption.





The best thing to do is consult Wikipedia. There everything should be laid out in detail. Hope you watch the films again and develop an appreciation for them.
Aside from Jedi Knights and cool monsters and different planets it's about the Rebel Alliance trying to stop the Dark Side from taking over the galaxy with the Death Star.
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check that link out. hopefully it helps you
the life, down fall, and redemption of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader by his son Luke Skywalker.
set in a galaxy far far away - good guys(rebels) want to kill the bad guys(sith)
Episode 1.) The film begins as two Jedi, assigned as ambassadors to resolve a trade dispute, arrive in orbit of the threatened planet Naboo. When the situation turns violent, the Jedi, along with Padm茅 Amidala, the planet's queen, flee Naboo in an attempt to reach the capital world of the Galactic Republic, Coruscant. There they hope to find a peaceful end to the dispute. Along the way, the ship must stop for repairs on the planet Tatooine. It is there that the Jedi encounter Anakin Skywalker, a young slave boy who is unusually strong with the Force. When the group returns to Naboo, they realize that the situation is much worse than they had at first thought: the evil Sith, ancient enemies of the Jedi, have returned.





Episode 2.) The film is set ten years after the Battle of Naboo, when the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of renegade Jedi Master Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to secede from the Republic. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padm茅 Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her, while his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi is assigned to investigate the assassination attempt. Soon the Jedi are drawn into the heart of the separatist movement, and the beginning of a new threat to the galaxy: the Clone Wars.





Episode 3.) Three years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights have been leading a massive clone army into a galaxywide battle against the Separatists. The Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic reveals his true nature as a Sith Lord as he unveils a plot to rule the galaxy by transforming the Republic into a Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become Darth Sidious's new apprentice鈥擠arth Vader. The Jedi are all but eliminated with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda forced into hiding. The only hope for the galaxy is Anakin's own offspring 鈥?the twin children born in secrecy who will grow up to become Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa.





Episode 4.) The film is set about 19 years after the formation of the Galactic Empire; construction has finished on the Death Star, a weapon capable of destroying a planet. After Princess Leia Organa, a leader of the Rebel Alliance, receives the weapon's plans in the hope of finding a weakness, she is captured and taken to the Death Star. Meanwhile, a young farmer named Luke Skywalker meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived in seclusion for years on the desert planet of Tatooine. When Luke's home is burned and his aunt and uncle killed, Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training as they鈥攁long with Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2鈥攁ttempt to rescue the Princess from the Empire. Unlike the later prequel films, this film, along with the two films that follow, mostly focuses on the events of one particular sector of the galaxy, rather than the interstellar perspective that the first three films take.





Episode 5.) The film concerns the continuing struggles of the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire. In it, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia Organa are being pursued across space by Darth Vader and his elite forces. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker begins his major Jedi training with Yoda, after an instruction from Obi-Wan Kenobi's spirit. In an emotional confrontation with Vader, Luke is presented with a horrific revelation, and must face his destiny.





Episode 6.) The film is set in 4 ABY, one year after the Empire's occupation of Cloud City, when Luke Skywalker and friends travel to Tatooine to rescue their friend Han Solo from the vile Jabba the Hutt. The Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, while the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts his father, Darth Vader, in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor. Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader is redeemed from the dark side.
Okay, Wikipedia does a good summary: The prequel trilogy follows the upbringing of Anakin Skywalker, who is discovered by the Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn. He is believed to be the ';Chosen One'; foretold by Jedi prophecy to bring balance to the Force. The Jedi Council, led by Yoda, sense that his future is clouded with fear, but reluctantly allows Qui-Gon's apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi to train Anakin after Qui-Gon is killed by the Sith Lord Darth Maul. At the same time, the planet Naboo is under attack, and its ruler, Queen Padm茅 Amidala, seeks the assistance of the Jedi to repel the attack. The Sith Lord Darth Sidious secretly planned the attack to give his alias, Senator Palpatine, a pretense to overthrow the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.[3] The remainder of the prequel trilogy chronicles Anakin's fall to the dark side, as Sidious attempts to create an army to defeat the Jedi and lure Anakin to be his apprentice.[4] Anakin and Padm茅 fall in love and secretly wed, and eventually Padme becomes pregnant. Anakin soon succumbs to his anger, becoming the Sith Lord Darth Vader. While Sidious re-organizes the Republic into the Galactic Empire, Vader participates in the extermination of the Jedi Order, culminating in a lightsaber battle between him and Obi-Wan. After defeating his former apprentice, Obi-Wan leaves Vader for dead. However, Sidious arrives shortly after to save him and put him into a suit of black armor that keeps him alive. At the same time, Padm茅 dies while giving birth to twins. The twins are hidden from Vader and are not told who their true parents are.[5]





The original trilogy begins 19 years later as Vader nears completion of the massive Death Star space station which will allow him and Sidious, now the Emperor, to crush the rebellion which has formed against the evil empire. He captures Princess Leia Organa who has stolen the plans to the Death Star and hidden them in droid R2-D2. R2-D2, along with his counterpart C-3PO, escape to the planet Tatooine. There, the droids are purchased by Luke Skywalker, son of Anakin, and his step-uncle and aunt. While Luke is cleaning R2-D2, he accidentally triggers a message put into the robot by Leia, who asks for assistance from Obi-Wan. Luke later assists the droids in finding the Jedi Knight, who is now passing as an old hermit under the alias Ben Kenobi. Obi-Wan tells Luke of his father's greatness, but says that he was killed by Vader.[12] Obi-Wan and Luke hire the Corellian space pilot and smuggler Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca to take them to the rebels. Obi-Wan begins to teach Luke about the Force, but allows himself to be killed in a showdown with Vader during the rescue of Leia. His sacrifice allows the group to escape with the plans that allow the rebels to destroy the Death Star.[2]


Vader continues to hunt down the rebels, and begins building a second Death Star. Luke travels to find Yoda to become trained as a Jedi, but is interrupted when Vader lures him into a trap by capturing Han and the others. Vader reveals that he is Luke's father and attempts to turn him to the dark side.[6] Luke escapes, and returns to his training with Yoda. He learns that he must face his father before he can become a Jedi, and that Leia is his twin sister. As the rebels attack the second Death Star, Luke confronts Vader under the watch of the Emperor. Instead of convincing Luke to join the dark side, the young Jedi defeats Vader in a lightsaber duel and is able to convince him that there is still some good in him. Vader kills the Emperor before succumbing to his own injuries, and the second Death Star is destroyed, restoring freedom to the galaxy.[7]


So good luck, and Star Wars is awesome!


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